This Entrepreneur Took His First Company Public And Now Raised 60 Million To Insure Startups 60 Million To Insure Startups" loading="eager" /> Sam Hodges took his first startup all the way to IPO, after raising $370M in funding for it. His latest venture has already raised 60M to help other founders reduce risk. On the Dealmakers Show, Hodges shared his experience of taking his first company full cycle. We talked about fundraising, working through startup challenges, and how to pick your cofounders. Sam Hodges took his first startup all the way to IPO, after raising $370M in funding for it. His latest venture has already raised 60M to help other founders reduce risk. On the Dealmakers Show Hodges shared his experience of taking his first company full cycle. We talked about fundraising, working through startup challenges, and how to pick your cofounders. Listen in to the full podcast episode and review the transcript here. *FREE DOWNLOAD* The Ultimate Guide To Pitch Decks Here is the content that we will cover in this post. Let’s get started. 1. Learning The Craft 2. Finding The Idea 3. Starting From Scratch Again Learning The Craft Sam Hodges says he is proud to be from the West Coast of the United States. He spent his time growing up in both California and Oregon. It was a very academic household. A lot of value was put on learning. His parents were engineers and scientists. The types of gifts you got in the Hodges house for your birthday were microscopes. He even saw his father try to launch his own company. Coming out of high school Sam found he had a deep intellectual interest in how things worked, and why they worked the way they did. An uncle of his had been a senior researcher with John Hopkins, and a prominent neuroscientist. Sam was very interested in cognitive science. Though also economics and politics, and how they all came together. He ended up studying at Brown. However, an internship between his junior and senior year completely changed his professional trajectory. He had landed at a management consulting firm. It introduced him to business, and influenced him so much that he decided to detour from the path of going onto get his Ph.D. In consulting he learned a new set of applications for problem solving. He learned about go-to market plans, products, decision making frameworks, and pattern recognition. This gave him the itch to pursue business even further. This took him into another part of the startup ecosystem, with a role at a venture capital firm and growth equity fund. He would be investing in the very early days of fintech and insurtech, and got introduced to the secondary market. Working with some top entrepreneurs in the space, he learned more about insurtech, and building marketplaces. Raise Capital Smarter, Not Harder Continue reading the full guide Related guidesTypes Of M&A Advisors For Startup AcquisitionsHe Pulled Off His First IPO At Just 29 And Is Now Helping Cannabis Brands To Grow QuickerLessons From An IPO At 29: Raymond Nobu-Chang On Dilution, Downturns, And Building To LastFrom $80M Exit To 00M Raise: A Founder's Playbook For Psychedelic PharmaCosmo Feilding Mellen On Selling His First Company For $80 Million And Now Raising 00 Million To Fuel PsychedelicsShe Sold Her Last Company For Millions And Now Is On A Mission To Create Sustainable Brands Read on Startup Fundraising · More articles · Browse the Library Library homeFull library indexArticlesHomeInvestor directoryFounder directoryCompany funding databaseResearch hubPricing Steve HarrickDavid SiemerKent MadsenGreg NeufeldAlex ZhuravlevMarco DemirozMost Backed Startups 2026Most Backed Startups 2026Most Backed Startups 2026Most Backed Startups 2026Most Backed Startups 2026Most Backed Startups 2026
